Blackbird - Svarttrost - Turdus merula

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Common Blackbird - Svarttrost - Turdus merula
Koltrast - Solsort - Merel - Mustarastas - Amsel

Blackbirds are a migrant over much of their Scandinavian range and are regularly seen on offshore installations in the North Sea. This male was photographed on the deck of a vessel working at Sleipner B in March 2009.

Birds are often scared off platforms and onto vessels when helicopters arrive on the platform - something I supsect was the case with this Blackbird.

Migrating Blackbird offshore - on the back deck of a vessel near Sleipner B, March 2009

Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper Blackbird - Svarttrost - Turdus merula

Blackbird way out of natural habitat....

Sleipner B platform

Female Blackbird, Tjeldstø, Øygarden, January 2010